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The Case for Civility - Dr. Os Guinness on SBE

Erik Guzman April 4th, 2008

The world is being torn apart by religious extremists, divisive political rhetoric, shrill secularists and uptight culture warriors. But how do we hold on to our deepest beliefs while living together with our deepest differences (especially those of a religious and ideological nature)?

Dr. Os Guinness joined us this week to answer that question and talk about his new book, The Case for Civility: And Why America's Future Depends on It. Use one of the options at the bottom of this post to listen.

Dr. Guinness is a social critic and author/editor of over 25 books, including The Call, Long Journey Home, Unspeakable, and The American Hour. He's also the co-founder of The Trinity Forum and he brews a mean stout (I've been an admirer of Guinness' work for years).

In addition to civility, Dr. Guinness also discussed his Books & Culture piece on Frank Schaeffer and his book, Crazy for God. Don't miss this program!

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3 Responses to “The Case for Civility - Dr. Os Guinness on SBE”

Christov April 7th, 2008

What? No RTS plug? No Watercooler?

Christov April 17th, 2008

Reflecting upon the interview with Guinness, aside from my goofy remark supra, the thing I found problematic was his attitude toward Internet freedom of political and, if I recall rightly, religious expression. Our ability to communicate freely without submitting our remarks to editorial gatekeepers and authoritative content vetters seemed to bother him. What he didn't take into account, at least during the aired portion of the interview, is that media gatekeepers and religious professionals have had tremendous influence over the past hundred or so years (more, really), and they are responsible in large measure for the conditions from which the Internet's democratized blogger's backlash arose. Verily, sufficient fuel remains in the wreckage of the Western socio-religious construct to keep the backlash burning for the next little while.

Discerning Christians will sort out for themselves which speakers communicate meaningful, relatively reliable content. Those who are not discerning probably will drink from the content-filtered information teats already extant.

Guinness' remarks about civility applying only to those capable of civil exchange were so right.

$.02

Pete April 23rd, 2008

Having read Crazy for God by Schaeffer I was confused as to how Guinness could accuse Frank of doing more damage to his parents than any critic ever has. Is it because he tells the truth? I have a deeper respect for both of them more now than I did before. They are more real. I can read their writing with more of a framework. I don't think he has done damage to them. That was going a bit overboard Os!

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